Best PlacesBoulder Park, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Boulder Park, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Boulder Park ranks 50,277th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Boulder Park
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Boulder Park's strengths and weaknesses
Where Boulder Park ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 187 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 89% of towns
- QuietBetter than 63% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 55% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 52% of towns
Where Boulder Park ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 2% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Boulder Park
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Boulder Park home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $56,131, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Boulder Park's effective rate of 0.70%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Boulder Park
Boulder Park runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Boulder Park.
Who works in Boulder Park, and how
Work in Boulder Park centers on other services and construction. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 65%
- Work from home 30%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Boulder Park
Boulder Park has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Boulder Park and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Boulder Park, month by month
Boulder Park sees roughly 187 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 111 degrees. January highs sit near 72, with lows near 41. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 72° | 56° | 41° |
| April | 91° | 75° | 57° |
| July | 111° | 95° | 78° |
| October | 94° | 77° | 60° |
Flying in and out of Boulder Park
The nearest airport, Imperial County, is about 34 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is San Diego International, about 62 miles away.
The best schools in and around Boulder Park
Schools across Boulder Park average a C−, better than 20% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- T. L. Waggoner ElementaryC · 31% proficient
- Potrero ElementaryF · 10% proficient
Top middle schools
- Frank M. Wright MiddleC · 33% proficient
- Pine Valley MiddleD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Imperial HighC+ · 38% proficient
- Mountain Empire HighD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Boulder Park school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Boulder Park measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Boulder Park against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Boulder Park
Is Boulder Park a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Boulder Park ranks 50,277th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, big-city access, and quiet, and lowest on summer heat and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Boulder Park expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $198,314. The overall cost of living runs about 14% above the national average. Set against a $56,131 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Boulder Park safe?
Boulder Park is safer than 1% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,049 per resident a year.
Compare Boulder Park with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Boulder Park. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Boulder Park represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Boulder Park detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Boulder Park: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Boulder Park: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Boulder Park: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Boulder Park: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Boulder Park detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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